Wow! I can not believe it is so close.

Jun 18, 2010

I can not believe my surgery is in a few weeks. This is so surreal to me.

I could not believe it. It was hard to wrap my mind around the fact that I will be undergoing real surgery. This seemed so foriegn to me. All the tests, meetings with the nutrician, and my bouts with eating things on my "bucket list". The mental up and downs and excitement, now anxiety is rearing it's ugly head. 
 
Well, any hoot, yesterday I had my prep visit.  It wsn't that bad but I was extremely exhausted from the fasting  and  overall anxiety the night before. I had an Upper GI, chest x-rays and blood work done. It was suprising, I actually liked the taste of the barium shake. Who would knew.... It tasted alittle like strawberry muscle milk but heavier. I thought it would be so nasty I would gag, but it was suprisingly pleasant tasting. The only problem I had with the upper GI was trying to move my "fat abums" around on the hard examining table. Overall, the UGI was not as bad as I imagined.

The next set of test was the blood work. The phlebotomist was amazing, she hit the vein and was able to draw all 14 vials of blood on the first try. That's incredible because  I have terrible viens.  The last session was to speak  with the anaesthist nurse who will be part of team of anesthitist, she was very nice. She explained the whole process from their point of view and answered all my questions.

My next appointment is next week. I will have to sit in a four hour class and be tested on the material. Also I have to start the 2 week liver shrinking diet. I estimate that I will start this Wednesday, June 23, 2010. Counting down the hours........



 

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